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. >> reporter: three days since 10-year-old jessica ridgeway vanished. today the first real clue. police recovered a backpack and water bottle they believe might be jessica's about six miles from where she vanished. >> we want the community to keep the faith in we're going to find jessica. >> reporter: today new teams of scent dogs combed her westminster, colorado, neighborhood. jessica's mother sarah last saw her daughter friday as she walked to school but she never arrived. the school called home but her mother works overnights and says she was asleep missing the call. by the time she discovered jessica missing, eight crucial hours had passed. to give you an idea of the neighborhood jessica's house is right over there and this is about the point where her mother would have last seen her and as you can see it's only three houses from the park where jessica was supposed to pete with her friends meaning if she was taken here, it happened in a very short distance and in a very narrow window of time. over the weekend, more than 800 volunteers scoured trails and hillsides, but found no trace

for jessica rodriguez, last seen leaving for school yesterday morning. she never arrived. clayt clayton sandell is on this story. clayton? >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. 50 police officers, including the fbi, are search right now, overnight using bloodhounds in temperatures that near freezing. and no sign of jessica. a desperate search under way for a 10-year-old last seen nearly 24 hours a ago. the last time anybody saw jessica was 8:30 friday morning. she left to walk three blocks to meet friends for a walk to school. a route she did every day. but she never got there. when jessica didn't show up for class, the school called her home. but jessica's mother, who works the overnight shift was asleep. she didn't get the message. that delayed her calling police for nearly eight hours. >> when we start with a delay as substantial as this, the distance she could have wandered even on her own, it just gets huge. >> reporter: police say jessica's weather, who lives out of state, is in a custody battle with jessica's mother. they do not believe jessica can with him. but are not ruling a

decides she's tired are being the maid. and to send a message to her kids, she goes on strike. jessica stillwell stopped cleaning up after her daughters to prove a point. she documented the experience on her blog day by day. it shows the mess. wow. it just keeps growing and growing. for almost an entire week. until her family finally caught on. >> i'm pretty strict. my kids have responsibility and accountability within the home. it's not like i did this to teach them now. i taught them for a very long time. but it was slipping because our family was so busy. i don't want a generation of kids who are entitled, and just have -- don't have real life skills to be well rounded adults. >> jessica's daughters say the strike reminded them to appreciate everything their mom does. hear that? sons and daughters out there? you can check out jessica's blog for yourself, just go to nbcwashington.com and search mom strike. slipping, that's -- >> that's disgusting. >> yeah. >> that's pretty disgusting. >> you can almost smell it. >> but it did make the point. >>> speaking of points, the game is over.

news now" -- a tragic turn. a bo is found just a few miles from where jessica ridgeway disappeared. >> and sources now tell abc news they have reason to believe it is that of the little girl. it is thursday, october 11th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good thursday morning, i'm sunny hostin. >> i'm john muller. rob and paula are on assignment. 10-year-old jessica vanished last friday on her way to school. much more on the discovery of the body and what investigators are telling abc news. >> such a sad story. >> so sad. >>> first, the other stories we are following this half-hour. a huge nighten t ein the race f president. vice presidential candidates plan to go head-to-headen a debate the obama administration hopes can turn the tide for its campaign. >>> also this half-hour we'll introduce you to a woman who the sky is the limit. martha raddatz, and the first female fighter pilot. how she paved the way for a new generation. >> one of my favorites of the day. so cool. >> later from newspapers to television now to the big screen. charlie brown and snoopy

-old jessica ridgeway. a body has been discovered. police sources tell us they believe it is the missing girl. >>> also ahead, disgraced cyclist lance armstrong demanded to know who accused him of doping. now he has the names, 26 of them, including 11 former teammates now against him. >> which is unbelievable. wow. >>> then the latest low down on the lohans, yes, lindsay gets in a nasty new brawl. this time it's with her mom. cops were called. and we'll have it all coming up in "the skinny." they just never disappoint. >> didn't involve a nightclub and car this time? >> i think it did involve a nightclub. >> did it really? yeah, we'll find out. >>> we're going to begin with tonight's big debate, with just 26 days before the big election. >> romney running mate paul ryan arrived in kentucky where he will face-off for 90 minutes with the vice president joe biden. it will be ryan's first debate on the national stage. with the race so close there is extra pressure for him to turn in a clutch performance. >> vice president biden travels to the debate site later today. he had several mock debates w

in the hunt for jessica ridgeway. she failed to show up at school friday morning, and there is no sign of where she went or what may have happened to her. abc's clayton sandell has the story. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. this morning police say they will bring in a new set of search dogs to help find little jessica ridgeway, but there was no active police search for the 10-year-old overnight, and they've called off volunteer search teams for later today. investigators are desperate for clues in a case that so far has had precious few. in near freezing temperatures, an army of over 800 volunteers came to help find jessica. scouring fields, trails and hillsides saturday near her home. >> right now they're just asking us to find anything that's out of the ordinary, any kind of evidence that we could find. >> reporter: at roadblocks police and fbi agents are stopping everyone asking questions, searching cars. >> in the last couple of days, weeks, have you heard anything suspicious? >> reporter: cops are saturating the streets knocking on every door. a team of divers was sent to check

with an amber alert in colorado. the fbi has joined the search for 10-year-old jessica ridgeway, last seen leaving for school yesterday morning. she never arrived. abc's clayton sandell is in colorado this morning and on this breaking story. clayton? >> reporter: dan, good morning to you. right now, at least 50 police officers, including the fbi, are continuing their search, overnight, using bloodhounds in temperatures that were near-freezing. still, there has been no sign of little jessica ridgway. a desperate search under way for a 10-year-old last seen nearly 24 hours a ago. the last time anyone saw jessica ridgeway was 8:30 friday morning. she left home to walk three blocks from her westminster, colorado, home to meet friends for a walk to school, a route she did every day. but she never got there. when jessica didn't show up for class, the school called her home. but jessica's mother, who works the overnight shift at a tech company, was asleep. she didn't get the message, which delayed her calling police for nearly eight hours. >> when we start with a delay as substantial as this, the

'll have dramatic new details on the assault that left four americans dead. >>> where's jessica? the paties of a missing 10-year-old girl in colorado open up for the first time about their daughter's disappearance. >> i want her to walk through that back door. i need her to walk back through that door. >> as fbi officials search the girl's home and leave with bags of evidence. >>> and heaven help us. a nun walks into a convenience store and is caught on camera stealing beer. whether she's the real deal or someone in disguise, she's got some confessing to do today, wednesday, october 10th, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. more on the chilling new time line of the deadly attack in libya and today's hearing in a moment, but meantime, in the presidential race, it looks like mitt romney is not the only one you might say is ruffling feathers a bit on "sesame street." >> that show is

in colorado for a missing 10-year-old girl. jessica ridgeway left to go to school friday morning but she never made it. in west colorado, they believe they found a major clue. >> reporter: more than 100 members of law enforcement are sefg for jessica ridgeway. a search that has expanded into neighborhoods. open fields and bodies of water near her home. on sunday her backpack was found about ten mile from the house. it is now being examined by the colorado bureau of investigations. >> they're analyzing that along with dna samples. >> reporter: the fifth grader was last seen walking to school friday morning. >> we have some witness information that really make us believe at 8:30, she was on her way to school. that she did not make it. >> reporter: jessica's school is about a third of a mile from her home. police say her mother who works overnight, was home sleeping when the school left a message to say jessica had not arrived on campus. jessica's mother reported her missing when she woke up. eight hours after the little girl was last seen on her way to school. >> it is just a real horrible situa

, police say the body they found earlier this week is that of little jessica ridgeway, the 10-year-old girl who disappeared after she was headed off to elementary school a week ago. >> i was actually in denver this week when they found the body. unable to identify it. but parents especially very scared, very angry about this whole thing. there is a predator on the loose, a killer. >> the investigation is continuing. we're going to talk about that in a moment. >>> also ahead, with just three days to go until the next presidential debate, the candidates have a busy weekend campaigning and preparing for their next showdown. take a look at how they're getting ready, especially in light of their running mate's performances on thursday night. >> it was a big night. i was in kentucky. a lot going on there for that debate. >>> and space shuttle endeavor normally flies around the globe at more than 17,000 miles per hour. this morning, it is making its way through the streets of l.a. california dreaming at about two miles per hour, inching its way toward the california science center. thousands of pe

for jessica to a mission of justice for jessica. >> investigators need help. in ins what they are asking you to do. and from serving on the frontlines overseas to serving right here in the usa. how these veterans are the same heros just in a different fox news america's news headquarters i'm harris faulkner. round two between the two men who want to lead the nation on this saturday. governor romney and president obama spending time gearing up for their second debate. that will be tuesday night at hofstra university in new york. president obama tonight is in virginia. more on him in a moment. we begin with governor romney in ohio at this hour focusing on that important swing state. ohio with 18 electoral votes. crucial if the governor wants to win next month. you may have heard by now no republican has ever won the white house without taking ohio. governor romney began his day in the buckeye state with debate preparation before attending a pair of rallies where he continued to fire up supporters appearing to still build on the success and momentum he accomplished at the first presidential deb

in on an area where they found 10-year-old jessica ridgeway's backpack. clayton sandell is covering that recovery. >> reporter: good morning to you. police are going through that backpack. it is a major clue and the first promising lead in a case that has so far investigators stumped. >> we've been looking for a lead and this possibly is that. >> reporter: police swooped in on this denver subdivision sunday after a man e-mailed his neighbors about a backpack and water bottle he found on the sidewalk. >> he wrote an e-mail that said there's property that has the name of jessica ridgeway. 20 minutes after he had sent that, he received an e-mail that said this may be the missing girl's. >> reporter: officers immediately shut down this neighborhood six miles from where jessica disappeared. questioning residents and stopping cars. >> he believes the backpack to be jessica's. >> reporter: jessica's mother sarah said she last saw her daughter friday morning walking to the elementary school in westminster, colorado. when jessica didn't show up for school, the staff called her mom, sarah sai

colorado 10-year-old, jessica ridgeway, who vanished on her way to school five days ago. the desperate search expanding as her mother appears in public for the first time. >>> supersonic skydive. 23 miles high. the daredevil set for 35 seconds of pure terror, when he jumps from a balloon at the edge of space. free-falling at 700 miles an hour. the pressure so low, if it suit fails, he'll blow up. what makes him do it? >>> and cramming backstage for a star turn like he's never done before, our special "gma" guest host. rob lowe, joining team robin this morning. and he's been practicing. >> it can't be that hard. stephanopoulos does it. good morning, america. >>> rob lowe getting inside my head right there. he's even inside my office this morning, making himself at home. studying up. [ laughter ] oh. we are going to have some fun this morning. he is so game. it's going to be great. good morning, everybody. robin's recovering from her bone marrow transplant. great to have amy robach here. >> thank you so much. >> we have a lot to get to this morning. >>> dramatic turn in the race for the

. this evening police are expected to announce whether the body found in a park is that of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. as nbc's chris clackum reports, right now investigators are asking for help to track down her kidnapper. >> reporter: colorado authorities haven't said yet whether the remains found outside denver wednesday night are those of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway, but they've already shifted the investigation somewhat to looking for suspects. >> could be your boss, your friend, and ultimately it could be your family member. >> reporter: also, what were searches for jessica are now searches for evidence, that might explain what happened when she disappeared last week while walking to school the last time her mother saw her. >> you don't want any -- any parent -- any parent to -- to ever experience in their whole entire life to learn your child has been taken. >> reporter: the body was discovered several miles away from where jessica lived. but until something definitive is announced, the community struggles. >> it's every parent's worst nightmare. you know, i think everybody's holding

dramatic new details on the assault that left four americans dead. >>> where's jessica? the parents of a 10-year-old girl in colorado open up for the first time about their daughter's disappearance. >> i want her to coming walking back through the door. i need her to walk back through that door. >> as fbi officials search the girl's home and leave with bags of evidence. >>> and heaven help us, a nun walks into a convenience store and caught on camera stealing beer, and whether she is the real deal or someone in disguise, she has con some confessing to do today. wednesday, october 10th, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer an savannah gutherie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning and welcome to "today" on wednesday, i'm matt lauer. >> i'm savannah gutherie and we will have a chilling new details about the attack in libya. >>> and when it comes to the presidential election, not only is mitt romney being blasted for his comments about big bird. >> yes, and we will talk to the president's senior adviser to the obama campaign being asked to pull ads about

outside. >>> where is jessica? the frantic search for a 10-year-old colorado girl who hasn't been seen since she walked to school on friday as her family pleads to get her back. >>> and caught on camera, an out-of-control pickup truck crashes into the wall after liquor store, then is driven away. police didn't have to look too far to track it down and now the driver is facing dui charges today, sunday, october 7, 2012. >>> from nbc news this is "today" with lester holt and jenna wolfe live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolfe and joining us for the first time this season a special guest known simply as winter, even though it's fall. it is cold out there. >> and to reach and find the proper jacket today. hopefully i got the right one. it's cold outside across much of the country, as much as 25 degrees below normal for this time of year. some places will be in the teens today, and this cold front is moving east bringing chilly canadian air with it. we'll tell you how bad it will get and ho

: a body has been found miles from where little jessica ridgeway disappeared. police wrapped up a news conference. we'll have new information for you as jessica's pains of course hope for the best. >> well, what to do, you know. i just want to find my daughter. i just want her back home. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. bill: 24 minutes past the hour now. the accused fort hood shooter appealing a court order to shave his beard. major nidal hasan accused of murdering 13 at a texas army post in 2009. his defense attorneys claim the order violates his religious rights because of his muslim faith. >>> for closure rates hitting five-year low last month. the second straight month of declines. >>> kellogg's recalling millions of boxes of material warning they are cone tam nated by millions of metal mesh. frosted mini wheats. frosted mini wheats bite-sized. en

, a body found. a grim discovery in the haunting case of what happened to 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. police ruling out her parents as suspects. and now, a manhunt is on for a killer. >>> 30 days ago, i'll walk through these doors and i'm going home. i'm going home. >> homecoming. a huge milestone for robin on her road to recovery. finally leaving the hospital after weeks of grueling treatment. her doctors, friends and family cheer her on. and we have her message for everyone this morning. ♪ hey, hey oh, you feel it now ♪ ♪ amen, amen >> going home now. >> woo. >>> and how is that for a start to the morning? [ applause ] wow. amen. amen, robin. we are so happy for you. everyone on team robin, so thrilled that you are finally home, waking up this morning, after so many weeks in the hospital. we're going to talk to robin's doctor, in just a little bit. we see the fist-pumps up in the air. we're going to learn about the next steps in robin's journey. >> he's back. she's back and tweeting, folks. there's no place like home. praise god from whom all blessings flow. thank you. and bl

jessica is here talking about the headlines. >> good morning to both of you. investors will be focusing on the job market yet again when we get the latest unemployment numbers out of the government. investors also hoping for better earnings news after we saw problems with alcoa. shares fell on the aluminum company's cautious onlook mostly because -- outlook mostly because of a slowdown in china. the dow dropped 128 points in trading. the nasdaq was off by 13 points and the s&p 5 hundred was down by -- 500 was down by about 9. this is coming as better news. the u.s. economy grew modestly in september. the federal reserve says its latest assessment of economic conditions shows an improving housing market, helping many areas of the country last month. at the same time consumer spending was flat or up just slightly. in most of the regions surveyed. >>> more people struggling financially are staying in their homes. foreclosure activity fell in september to a five-month low. according to realty track, california, michigan and georgia saw the biggest drop since foreclosure. that offset a jump

are not confirming. >> at this time we are not making a connection to jessica ridgeway. the crime scene will be from now to tomorrow morning. >> gretchen: they believe she was kidnapped. we expect to learn more 8:30 a.m. eastern time. a worker rescued from a garage that landed on top of him. rescue crews pulled him out of the rubble at 1:00 k. and he is in critical condition. two other workers were killed and eight others were hurt. >> i had seen a lot of smoke and the building shaking and it started collapsing. >> gretchen: the garage under construction . one worker is still missing. lance armstrong not only used illegal steroids to win the tour de france. a stunning report said he juiced his teammates. 25 people testified against him including 11 teammates. his attorney said it is a hatchet job. >> i think what people generally need to remember when they look at this report, is that out come was predetermined months if not years ago. >> gretchen: armstrong is currently banned for cycling. >> brian: 12 teammates have a problem with it. he was labeled a fool and called an idiot. jack welch was right

in colorado is speaking out. 10-year-old jessica ridgeway never showed up for school near denver last friday. her mother says the fifth grader got ready for school and left to meet a friend to walk to school, but the friend says jessica never showed up. it was hours before anyone realized the 10-year-old was missing. jessica's mother works a night shift. she says she slept through the call that said jessica never arrived. now she just wants her daughter to come home. >> and then you get the pit in your stomach that you don't want any parent, any parent to ever experience in their whole entire life that your child has just been taken. it is not ever, ever anything i want, ever, any parent to go through. >> a man found jessica's backpack last weekend about six miles from her house. >>> also in colorado, several families of victims of that mass shooting at a movie theater are calling for an investigation into two charities. the families say the groups used names and pictures of victims to raise money without their permission. suspected shooter james holmes faces 140 counts related to that july

only a few bodies from where jessica ridgeway disappeared a week ago. dan springer is live outside the police department. this is westminster, colorado. what is the latest there, dan? >> reporter: it is grim news whether it is jessica's body or not. came out yesterday that the body was not intact. the only way to make a positive identification through dna testing. that is also why all day yesterday at the place where the body was found wednesday, it was a crime scene. police combed the area looking for more evidence. perhaps body parts. they have already determined that 10-year-old jessica ridgeway was abducted by a stranger. she was taken they say, exactly one week ago today as she was walking to school. police cleared both parents, inconcluding jessica's mother who was the last person to see her. the fbi is heavily involved in the case. they urged the public to report anyone they know who is exacting suspiciously. >> any kind of unusual behavior between last friday and today. somebody very engaged in the media coverage of this particular investigation and maybe they're a little a

. that's happening in honor of 10- year-old jessica ridgeway a day after a devastating announcement. >> and the trip continues for the space shuttle. the tricky feat it accomplished overnight on its way to the science center and why there were movie cameras there. >> and we are in fire season. what a neighborhood is doing to prepare and what they want residents to practice. . >>> go giants, early morning welcome party as the black and orange return home. good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. >> good morning. new this morning the national league champions are back home. they arrived just a couple hours ago. several dozen fans were there to greet them. they stayed in cincinnati waiting to see if they would fly back or head to washington and after the cardinals great come back now we know. giants manager said he hopes a little home cooking will help bring them back to the world series. >> it didn't help the last series. hopefully we turn that around but the guys have great all year. had to win three in cincinnati and -- like to play a little better here. that's the goal. >>

. colorado police now confirming that a body found earlier in a park is indeed of jessica ridgeway. little girl vanished while walking to school. dan is live in westminster, colorado. dan? >>> we do flow this is a massive investigation. there are hundreds of cops, state and local working this case. there was a briefing today. this community is in fear. they want this solved at quickly as possible. there is a strong belief that the killer is local. the naked in little park where she was abducted is very isolated. that is why police are asking for the public's help to report anyone that is acting out of the ordinary. >> our focus has changed from a search for jessica to a mission of justice for jessica. >> denver suburb of hundred thousand residents has a small town feel. people are coming together united with their grief for jessica and fear of a monster on the loose. kids are getting counseling. there a crisis center that has been set up in the city. purple balloons are going up in a couple of hours. one neighbor told me he robbed a beautiful young life and put a whole community on lockdow

in coloradoal asked for the public's help in finding a suspect in the kidnapping of jessica ridgeway. whal've believed to be the little girl's body was discovered, not far from where she was last seen. positive identification has been made. more difficult by the fact that parts of that body are missing. >>> a michigan businessman pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife's murderer. he said he had nothing to do with the strangling death of his wife, jane, back in january. but handyman, joe gentz claimed mr. bush chara that he was hired to do it. now authorities say that he wanted gentz dead so he could name him in the trial. he has not been charged in his wife's murder. earlier this year he actually expressed his grief. >> it is just unthinkable that this happened to her and what she had to suffer. >> sentenced next month. a plea agreement calls for him to get a minimum sentence of over four years in prison. >>> and a warning now about an increasingly dangerous hoax, swatting. bogus 911 calls for crimes so threatening that the s.w.a.t. te

identified as jessica ridgway. >> dan springer is live in westminster, colorado with the latest. dan, what is the late he felt on this investigation? do they have any leads at all? >> well, this has affected so many people around the country. the governor in colorado called it an unthinkable end to an unthinkable crime. there's an all-out manhunt for the child kill who are many are calling a monster. there was a police briefing at the police headquarters this morning. over 100 local, state and federal cops here. i talked to a deputy involved and he said there is a strong belief the killer lives close to where the abduction took place, perhaps very close and that's why they are urging residents to watch for any unusual behavior, someone changing their appearance, taking unscheduled trips, missing meeting. they believe the killer is a man and someone going to great lengths to avoid getting caught. >> our focus as changed from a search for jessica to a mission of justice for jessica. >> so there there have been about 1500 tips called in. cops have followed up on about half of them. they have

in colorado released this home video of a missing girl in hopes of finding her. the 10-year-old jessica ridgeway has been missing since friday when she vanished on the way to school. the only tastes fifth grader, her backpack found six miles away from the home. police have no suspects and they following up on two recent cases in a nearby up to where a man tried to lure two young boys into his car. >> and hopefully that video helps. for parents talking about the disappearance of jess a it's a difficult conversation to have with kids. he's more. >> you can't be careful enough. yeah, it's hitting too close to home now. >> reporter: melissa and her son lyaround the corner. >> i told him that anybody that you don't know besides t- teachers are strangers and it's okay to not be polite and to to the talk to him. >> it's never too early. >> i think can you start this in preschool and that can scare some parents. >> reporter: dr. cheryl ziegler is a child psychologist and family counselor. she said teaching kids that every stranger presents a danger does not work anymore. >> and this is an old t

missing since friday. jessica ridgeway was last seen friday as she walked to a park where she meets her classmates before school. police believe they found jessica's backpack over the weekend about 6 miles from the girl's suburban denver home. >> they're all wanting jessica to get home safely. if anyone out there knows where she is at, please return her. >> an amber alert has been issued. jessica weighs 80 pounds and is 4'10" with blue eyes and blonde hair. >>> a man in london narrowly escaped the sharp antlers of an angry stag. >> the stag pursued the man after he wandered too close to a herd in london. that's a lot of antlers there. he was chased around a tree by the stag before eventually climbing the branches to safety. leigh me alone !! it's deer mating season by the way. park officials want people to keep at least 160 note away from the deer and stags especially that guy right there. >> yes. because those antlers can hurt. >> wreck your day. >>> 5:21. forget 30 six-packs of it. p and 72" tvs. how a new target store in san francisco will be different. >>> although there was one bri

this morning. we'll be back with a local news update at 7:25. >>> good morning. breaking news. is it jessica? a body found just seven miles from the home of missing colorado 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. has the desperate search ended in tragedy? we're awaiting a new conference from police. we'll have the latest. >>> duel in danville, joe biden and paul ryan face off in the only vice presidential debate. ryan vowing to take the fight directly to biden. biden looking to get his ticket back on track. this morning, exclusive new poll numbers from the three states that could decide this election. >>> and false alarm. a s.w.a.t. team surrounds justin bieber's los angeles home. turns out, he's the latest victim of a hoax, the third aimed at celebrities in recent weeks. and police are trying to find who's behind the string of disturbing pranks today, thursday, october 11th, 2012.3 3 >>> muy buenos dÍas. bienvenidos >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. i'm savannah gurthrie. >> and i'm matt lauer. the news out of colorado seems to be upsetting. police say a body

than two hours ago cops identified a body of that of jessica ridgeway a fifth grader who disappeared on her way to school last week. >> our focus has changed from a search for jessica to a mission of justice for jessica. >> well, a couple of hikers found the little girl's body on wednesday in a park just about seven miles west of the girl's home in westminster, colorado. dan springer is outside the police department there. tell us how they idd. and why it took two days. >> it took so long excruciating two days, shep, because the body was not intact. they had to do a d.n.a. match. the cops were out in the field where the body was found yesterday combing it for more evidence. fbi profiler here. they followed up on tips from the public. we know police have cleared jessica's parents and have been saying for a couple of days now she was abducted by a stranger. obviously a very extremely dangerous predator. shep? >> any leads here? do they know anything? >> they are not saying anything about their investigation. they are very tight-lipped trying to keep it close to the vest. we do know the

failed to show up for school. -- jessica bridgeway. police could not discuss the contents of her bag, only that belong to the girl. firm isachusetts the link to the deadly meningitis outbreak is voluntarily recalling all of its products. at least 91 people have been affected in nine states. at least seven people have died. the steroids were used as injections given to back pain patients from july-september. officials say the recall is precautionary and no indication any of their products were contaminated. today marks columbus day, a day of celebration of the italian- american heritage and culture. the columbus day parade will take place with about 35,000 parade participants. this year's grand marshal will be mario m. belgambelli. this fall pet lovers will have more to worry about than just searching for halloween costumes. the problem after the break. >> certainly feeling like fall out there. temperatures below normal right now. could that change for the seven- day? certainly 50 degrees at camden park. but the airport. but the airport. >> in consumer alert, more trouble after an art

for a missing girl. police did not confirm whether the body found was that of missing 10-year-old jessica ridgeway but said they will continue to search for the missing girl near hear home and the park where she disappeared from on her way to school last friday. investigators believe jessica was kidnapped and are confident her parents were not involved in her diappearance. a court hearing is set for today in the case against accused colorado movie theater shooter james holmes. the denver post reports this will be the first time much of the evidence in the case is made public. prosecutors plan to file 14 additional counts of attempted murder. bringing the total number of criminal counts against holmes to 166. holmes is accused of killing 12-people and wounding 58-others in the july shooting spree during the midnight showing of "the dark knight rises." a senior security official at the u-s embassy in yemen was shot and killed earler this morning. qassem aqlani was leading the investigation into last month's protest and break-in at the embassy. gunman on motorcycles, shot at aqlani car whil

on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as the search for jessica ridgeway enters its fifth day, police have no suspects or persons of interest, but they did find the 10-year-old's backpack which is now being tested as a potential piece of forensic evidence. more than 100 members of law enforcement are searching for jessica ridgeway, a search that has expanded into neighborhoods, open fields and bodies of water near her home. on sunday jessica's backpack was found about six miles from the missing 10-year-old's house. it's now being examined by the colorado bureau of investigation. >> they are analyzing that, along with some dna samples that we took from the family. >> reporter: police say the fifth grader was last seen while walking to school friday morning. >> we do have some witness information that really makes us believe at 8:30 she was on her way to school and that she did not make it. >> reporter: jessica's school is about a third of a mile from her home. police say her mother, who works overnight, was home sleeping when the school left a message to say jessica had not arr

are expanding their search for a missing little girl. it has been four days since 10-year-old jessica ridgeway vanished in broad daylight. more than 800 volunteers are helping in the search. alicia acuna joins us live from westminster. alicia, any new information on this morning? >> hi, martha. we received an update not too long ago. westminster police say they have found some it he is, the biggest piece of evidence they have so far is still that backpack that was found six miles from her home. the last place where jessica was seen and the place where her mother emerged yesterday evening. jessica ridgeway's neighborhood was searched yet again. fbi agents along with 12 other agencies have been going door-to-door searching backyards and vehicles. neighbors have been requested repeatedly but so far no sign of the 10-year-old girl. >> like i said, she could have walked past me and i wouldn't have known anything, you know. but as far as push shuns go, i haven't seen anything whatsoever. i only know the community has been helping this lady. >> reporter: neighbors do say they understand the suspicion

. >>> the break in a case of a missing 10-year-old girl. jessica ridgeway is her name. police say jessica was last seen on friday morning walking to school and then she vanished. police extended their search into the town of superior, colorado. that is a bit north of denver after discovery of a new clue there. alicia acuna is own the story live in denver now. good morning. >> reporter: hi, good morning, bill. westminster police say that on sunday someone in the neighboring suburb of superior found a backpack and a water bottle on a sidewalk. now investigators won't say what they found inside the backpack but they do believe it belongs to 10-year-old jessica ridgeway who disappeared on her walk to meet friends to head to their school bus stop on friday. more than 800 volunteers searched for her over the weekend. police expanded their search area where the backpack was found, more than six miles away from where jessica vanished. she was last seen by her mother friday morning as she watched her daughter head off from the front of her home. jessica's father lives in missouri and was at a child custody

're not confirming that the body is that of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. jessica vanished last week while watching to school. dan springer is live in westminster, colorado, right now. are police saying anything about a possible connection between the body and this missing girl? >> reporter: yeah, jon, they specifically said nothing this morning. they had a news conference here at the police headquarters and did not make a link between the body found last night and the missing girl who has been missing since last friday. here is what we can tell you. a body was found last night about 5:00 in an open area about 11 miles away from where jessica ridgeway was last seen at her house. it is an open space. it is near a park. the cops would not say who found the body but we know have there has been a massive law enforcement search of a thousand people since the weekend. they're focusing the search on an old mining shack. jessica as you mentioned was last seen by her mother leaving for from her house to school a mile away. she usually meets up with at a park to meet with friends to walk to school. police ca

-akin, and white house correspondent jackie kol linz, and cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> it was not unanimous, but there was overwhelming consensus among viewers and pundits that mitt romney shined in denver's debate season opener and the president did not. the new yorker magazine summed it up with a cover cartoon of romney debating an empty chair. the captain "mitt stands alone." campaigns are only as good as their last news cycle, so on to danville, kentucky, and thursday night's battle of the number twos. joining me now are philadelphia mayor michael nutter, a long-time friend of joe biden, and republican party chairman -- a confidant of paul ryan. mayor nutter, stand by with me, and i want to get to the party chairman, and we'll be back with you. mr. chairman, thank you for joining us. i want to talk about the great burden of great expectations. there was a cnn poll, and who is going to win the vice presidential debate? the answer was biden, 35%, ryan, 55%. many many ways this mirrors what happened to the presiden

jessica ridgeway disappeared last friday on her way to school. now, many assume the body was jessica's, but at a news conference just a few moments ago, authorities said the search for the girl continues. officials acknowledge the discovery of the body but did not provide any information about that body. authorities believe that jessica was abducted. >>> just two days after jerry sandusky was sentenced for molesting 10 young boys, there is word this morning that his $59,000 annual pension has been revoked. the news comes as we learn more about the letters that the former penn state assistant football coach and his wife sent to the judge before his sentencing. in them they both portrayed themselves as victims of a conspiracy and wrote that the justice system let them down. >>> the new unemployment numbers are out and the headline is a positive one. the labor department says new applications for jobless benefits dropped 30,000 last week to 339,000. that is the lowest level in four years. economists say when the level consistently drops below 375,000, it suggests that hiring is strong

a car that could be linked to the disappearance of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. someone in maine reported seeing a girl resembling her in a blue station wagon with colorado plates on wednesday. today a car matching that description was found abandoned in a parking lot in neighboring new hampshire. ridgeway disappeared october 5 in her hometown of westminster, colorado. >>> turning to weather now, some parts of the bay area will probably see another round of rain this afternoon. meteorologist lawrence karnow tells us more. >> it looks quiet almost like yesterday not much on the doppler radar but i want to show you what happens if we pull this out a little bit. look at the moisture somewhat usual way to get rain in the bay area but it's wraparound moisture making its way through the central valley and should be approaching the bay area this afternoon right at that time when we get maximum heating so we could even squeeze out a couple of thunderstorms in the bay area, maybe some more reports of hail and some lightning, too. we'll have more on that

-old jessica ridgeway has been found. vanishing on her way to school. will local cell phone towers help investigators get their suspect? >>> harry the hero, the prince on the front lines of a war zone right now. fighting on enemy taliban fighters to save the lives of wounded soldiers. ♪ it's been a hard day's night >> and new proof it's tiring to be a toddler, times two. watch these boys take on their dinner plates. as it becomes an epic showdown, now going viral. spaghetti versus sleep. can you guess who wins? ♪ will make me feel all right >>> and happy friday, everyone. boy, i had not seen that video before it came up. that's very funny stuff. as you all know, robin is at home, recovering from her bone marrow transplant. lara is off today. great to have amy robach here. and boy, what a debate. i'm calling it the thursday night fights. real clashes. real differences. the early polls show a split decision. we're hearing a whole lot of praise for our friend and colleague, martha raddatz. she was the moderator last night from abc news. there she is, front and center. we're going to ta

in the search of a missing colorado girl. why the fbi wants the public's help in the case of 10-year-old jessica ridgeway. >>> most presidential campaigns trying to capitalize what they see as their strong points after last night's big vice-presidential showdown. who came out on top and did the heated exchanges cross the line? we'll ask both sides, fair and balanced just ahead it's swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth to add delicious flavor to your skillet dish in just one stir. mmm! [ female announcer ] cook, meet compliments. get recipes at flavorboost.com. jon: well after last night's spirited debate between the vice-president deposition nominees both sides are working hard to characterize that showdown. we have back-to-back reaction now from the two campaigns. first up, ben labolt, the national press secretary for obama for america. let's try to stay on topic and avoid the talking points, ben. what did you think was vice president's biden's best moment last night? >> well i think you had a lot of strong ones. i think the takeaway last night he exposed extreme risk that romney ryan econo

of jessica ridgeway. the colorado girl disappeared a weak ago on her way to school, a body believed to be hers has been found. experts say the suspect most likely a male, may have unexplaned absences from work or may have just changed his appearance, with a kind of car that he drives. >>> the number of deaths from that meningitis outbreak continues to rise. 14 people have now died. and about 170 others have gotten sec after receiving the tainted steroid shots. federal health officials have tracked 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who have received the shots. doctors are warning that patients will need to keep watch for symptoms of the deadly infection for a few more months. >>> frightening. >>> no secret that the u.s. postal service has been bleeding red ink for years. so, they really shouldn't be surprised at all that postal rates are going up again. starting, are you surprised really? >> stunned. >> i know you are not. starting january 27th, the price of a first-class stamp increases to 46 cents. rates on shipping services like prior female are also going up by 4%. you write a

friday. the items were found about 15 miles from jessica ridgeway's home. volunteers helped police search for the child this weekend. jessica was last seen on her way to meet classmates before school but school officials said she never arrived. we'll have more on this in our next hour. >>> now we'll head to wall street to kayla townsend at wall street. >> reporter: good morning. wall street is relatively sleeping on this columbus day holiday but investors are still finding thorns in the relatively positive jobs report from last friday. this week we also have the earnings from u.s. companies like jpmorgan chase, pizza hut and signs of slowing corporate economy are concerned there. it is not hurting the stock market right now with the dow jones industrial average near levels it has not seen in five years. back to you. >> kayla, thanks. >>> now for a look at what's trending today, our quick round-up of what has you talking online. esquire.com announced that mila kunis has been named the sexiest woman alive. the 29-year-old actress posed on the november cover in nothing but a pair of skip-tig

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to an a denver-area girl. the items were found miles from jessica ridgeway's home. police intensified their search for jessica this weekend. she was last seen on her way to meet classmates on her way to school but she never arrived. now more from wall street. good morning to you, kayla. >> reporter: wall street is relatively sleeping on this columbus day holiday, but investors are still finding thorns in that relatively positive jobs report from last friday. this week we also have earnings from u.s. companies like jpmorgan chase and the parent company of pizza hut. signs of a slowing economy expected from corporate america there, but that concern, natalie, not hurting the stock market, at least right now. the dow jones industrial average near levels it hasn't seen in five years. back to you. >> kayla tausch at the new york stock exchange, thanks. >>> now a look at what's trending. esquire.com announced sunday that mila kunis has been named its sex i have the woman alive. the 29-year-old actress poses on the magazine's november cover in nothing but a pair of skin tight slacks. >>> magi

in westminster, colorado, released a home video of a missing 10-year-old girl in hoping someone has seen jessica ridgeway will come forward. she disappeared last friday while walking to school. police have been souring her neighborhood looking for clues. investigators say they got off to a late start to the search because jessica's mother works nights and slept through a call from school officials. >>> a body armor clad boston man flying from japan to l.a. gets stoppeded a l.a.x. and what they found inside his checked luggage will stun you. a smoke grenade, hatchett, knives, full-face respirator, body bags, even a bio hazard suit. wow. 28-year-old harris is charged with transporting hazardous materials. he is scheduled to be in court later this week. >> what did he say when they say why is all of this stuff in your bag? >> that's what i think investigators will be wondering. >> tsa -- >> too busy patting down the woman -- >> see, good job by the tsa. >> they managed to catch the arsenal in the bag there. >> wow. >>> we're going to keep going. north carolina man is lucky to be alive this morning

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-point edge on world affairs. >> let's go to jessica yellin who's got a special panel with jessica? >> thanks so much. margarho, let me go straight to you. i think mitt mn smells blood when it comes to foreign policy. but is it really warranted? >> he certainly had an opening to talk about it. and frankly they needed to do something. the first thing you're talking about with mitt romney and foreign policy had been this trip to europe, europe, poland, israel, the olympics hadn't gone so well. heainen have something to talk what they strive to do is paint a contrast betwee them and the obama administration. the contra becom p thr posturg. hoare we going to approh foreign policy differently? the posture is that obama's foreign policy is lead from behind, i think mitt romney is really lean forward. we're trying to use our influence in the middle east to -- but really we're trying to use our influence in the region to get the outcomes we want in order to shape the policies that we want, in order to receive the outcomes that we want in the middle east. >> let's be honest, posturing is what we've g

.b.i. agents and police going door to door, looking in fields near the home where jessica lives with her mother. rick folbaum is live with more. >> reporter: the only evidence police have is the backpack as they search for this little girl. every day ten-year-old jessica ridge way would walk from her house to meet up with friends. together they would all walk to school together. friday, jessica never made it to meet up with her friend. they are treating this as an abduction. they are going door to door looking for her, expanding the search now even as they continue to focus on the area around her home. it's a home that she shares with her mom, who works an overnight shift, and was sleeping when the school called to say that jessica hadn't shown up for school on friday morning. the mom sleeping, leading to an eight-hour delay before an amber alert was issued. the girl's father lives out of state. the police in colorado not answering questions about the family or if anyone has been given a policy graph test. that backpack was found six miles away from where jessica was last seen. it is being anal

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